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Game Server Monitoring and Uptime: A Guide
Why a running process is not a joinable server, why to watch the query port instead, alerts that actually reach you, and when automatic restarts do harm.
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Why a running process is not a joinable server, why to watch the query port instead, alerts that actually reach you, and when automatic restarts do harm.
How server lists know what they know: query ports, the A2S and Server List Ping protocols, and why a running server can show as offline or lie outright.
Why a server hosted at home is unreachable from outside, what NAT does, the game port versus the query port, and how to test whether a port is open.